RE: An alligator's snack at Disney
June 17, 2016 at 1:16 pm
(This post was last modified: June 17, 2016 at 1:17 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(June 17, 2016 at 9:16 am)Drich Wrote: not just gators, but moccasins are a very aggressive poisonous water snake that moves like lightning through water.
The moccasins we have here are not aggressive, but they are steadfast in defense. Working at the nature preserve, I saw scores of them, and modulated the interactions between thousands of visitors and the wildlife. Not one bite, or attempted bite.
A friend of mine who lives in Deland over by Daytona says that the moccasins he's seen are aggressive, too. It may be that Eastern mocs -- which is what y'all have -- are more aggressive than our Western mocs. Here, they're not an issue unless you give them trouble.
Here's a couple of pics from when I worked there --
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I almost stepped on that last one. Rather than attack, he promptly fled the scene, getting to the creek and swimming away.